Just before the 2017 UK general election, I was introduced to the distinction between the good internet and the bad internet, democratically speaking. First, I had to learn what “civic tech” meant. In the broadest possible terms, it’s using online platforms to do socially useful things, rather than sell things, buy things or whip each other into an unspeakable fury about stuff that we didn’t care
Land around a school has been sold off cheaply in a deal involving the prime minister and his wife, while another politician is under investigation for his involvement in a startup that has received inordinate government subsidies. The first of these scandals is picked up by our titular hero, Anna Matsuda (Ryôko Yonekura), a maverick broadsheet reporter who is famous for battering government spoke
Edward Powys Mathers. Photograph: Public DomainJust two readers managed to solve the puzzle in the 1930s, Mr S Sydney-Turner and Mr W S Kennedy, both of whom won £25. The solution was then thought to be lost, but three years ago the Laurence Sterne Trust was presented with a copy of The Torquemada Puzzle Book, and Shandy Hall curator Patrick Wildgust embarked on a mission to solve it. Once he did,
By contrast, those who had received their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine had a six- to 12-fold increase in antibodies, according to data released by Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer on Monday. The issue of some vaccines being less effective after a single dose rather than two is well known, as well as the fact that protection is not immediate. While the first dose can take several weeks to
A tiny US company, Surgisphere, is behind flawed data which led to governments and the world health organisation changing health policy Photograph: Anthony Brown/Alamy Stock Photo A tiny US company, Surgisphere, is behind flawed data which led to governments and the world health organisation changing health policy Photograph: Anthony Brown/Alamy Stock Photo
Google workers stage a walkout at the company’s UK headquarters in London. The company has previously come under fire for its handling of sexual harassment. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images Google workers stage a walkout at the company’s UK headquarters in London. The company has previously come under fire for its handling of sexual harassment. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images
There are even guidelines on match-fixing and cannibalism. The Facebook Files give the first view of the codes and rules formulated by the site, which is under huge political pressure in Europe and the US. They illustrate difficulties faced by executives scrabbling to react to new challenges such as “revenge porn” – and the challenges for moderators, who say they are overwhelmed by the volume of w
The two major American tech companies were tricked by a Lithuanian, Evaldas Rimasauskas, who has been charged with wire fraud. Photograph: Google/Facebook/PA The two major American tech companies were tricked by a Lithuanian, Evaldas Rimasauskas, who has been charged with wire fraud. Photograph: Google/Facebook/PA
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